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The Journal of Japanese Studies
was established in 1974 as a
multidisciplinary forum for communicating new
information, new interpretations, and recent
research results concerning Japan to the
English-reading world. Its founders sought to
fill a vital need for
better understanding of Japan and its people and
thus chose to publish not
only in-depth research articles by scholars from
around the world
(including Japan) but also reviews of current
books on Japan and
translations of articles of unusual interest
from influential molders of
public opinion in Japan.
From the outset, the
Journal has published
broad, exploratory articles suggesting new
analyses and interpretations,
articles longer than many journals can publish,
and substantial reviews
and review articles of books published in
Western languages and in
Japanese. Today the Journal continues to
facilitate communication and
dialogue about Japan and with Japan. The
Journal has long been recognized
as a leading journal in the Japan studies field
and is considered an
invaluable resource by those seeking to
understand Japan and the myriad
components of Japanese society.

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Abstract

Germany and Japan are distinguished from liberal market economies such as the United States and Britain by strong private-sector investment in worker training. However, the systems for skill formation in Germany and Japan are based on very different principles and sustained by quite different institutional arrangements. This article explores the origins of these two very different training regimes. We trace the divergent outcomes in the two countries back to differences in the treatment by the state of the artisanal sector in the early industrial period, which in turn affected the strategies of firms that depended heavily on skills and also powerfully shaped their relations with emerging unions.